Part 3 - A Day at the Campus, A Night at the Strip Club

After the hockey game, Dave leaves a sober message for Kathy. The next night's bachelor party lives up to it's promise of reckless behavior.

INT. DAVE’S APARTMENT – NIGHTDave enters. He is just returning from the hockey game. He throws his keys to where the hall table used to be, only to have the keys hit the ground and slide across the floor and disappear under the old couch.

Dave sighs. He walks into the kitchen, opens the fridge and finds no beer. He walks back to the living room, passing the phone on the floor. He sits on the couch, but there is no TV to watch.After a moment, he gets up and goes over to the phone. He pauses, then dials.

DAVE

Hi Kathy, it’s me, Dave. Hope you’redoing okay. Listen, I was justhanging out, and I thought maybe, ifyou weren’t busy, or were in themood, we could have one of those“dates” you were talking about. I,uh, don’t know if you rememberyour terms, but I could make dinnerand if you wanted to, “stay after”that would be okay. I mean, if youwanted to. Anyway, you know how toget a hold of me and I ’ll leave thedoor unlocked if you get thismessage late. So I look forward to…

The machine cuts him off with a BEEP.

DAVE (CONT’D)

Well , that could have beensmoother.

INT. ALLY’S APARTMENT – NIGHTAlly enters. Her arms are full with her guitar case, a long jacket, shoulder bag etc. She is rushing to get to the phone before the message cuts off , but enters the room just as the beep is heard.

ALLY

Shit.

Ally puts down her stuff, hangs up her coat and plays the messages. The first message begins to play. It is a call from a nightclub. Kathy is shouting over the trob of loud dance music.

KATHY (ON PHONE)

Hey Babe, you are such a loser! Whyaren’t you out here tonight! WooHoo! The guys are so fucking hot!Here, talk to Peter…

We hear giggling and muffled talk as Kathy hands the phone over tosome guy she just met.

PETER (ON PHONE)

Hi Ally, Kathy says you’re hot. Youshould come down to The Oasis andwe could get together. I bet you’vegot a rockin’ ass. I’d sure like to…

Ally quickly hits the delete button to avoid hearing what this stranger would l ike to do to her ass.

ALLY

Ugh.

The second message begins to play. It is Dave’s message to Kathy. Ally listens and smiles a little. She plays it again. She goes to get a pad of paper and her guitar and plays it again. She begins to write a song using Dave’s message as the lyrics.

EXT. COLLEGE CAMPUS - DAYDave and Steve are walking across campus carrying coffee.

STEVE

C’mon, you have to go.

DAVE

No

STEVE

You have to stop moping around andget over her. It ’l l be fun.

DAVE

I can’t . I’m way behind on work. I’vegot papers to grade and, I ’m notgetting any research done.

They pass a trio of co-eds on their way to class. Steve nearly breaks his neck turning around to ogle the girls as they go.

DAVE (CONT’D)

Why are you always here? Don’t youhave a job anymore?

STEVE

I’m taking a break. Kind of atransition to a new venture. Besides...I like the scenery.

A shapely co-ed jogs past them and gives Steve a smile. He watches her and falls into a bike rack. The harder Steve struggles to get up, the more tangled he gets in the bikes, cables etc.

STEVE (CONT’D)

Well , are you going to help me up?

DAVE

I’m considering. Hey, look at this…

Dave sees a flyer taped to a lamp pole advertising for a local coffee house. A small crowd has gathered around Steve.

STEVE

Move along people. There’s nothingto see here.

A student from Dave’s class approaches Dave. He is wearing a varsity football jacket.

STUDENT

Do you need a hand ProfessorMorgan?

DAVE

Oh, Parker, yes, can you help thisvagrant up before he wreckssomebody’s bike.

STUDENT

Sure. C’mon guys.

The student is joined by two other football players. They grab Steve and lift him with such ease, he is nearly flung across the path. Dave hands Steve the flier.

DAVE

Here, Allison, Kathy’s old friend isplaying guitar at The Beanery.

STEVE

And?

DAVE

And Kathy might be there. I shouldgo see her. Maybe I could get her tohave Kathy call me.

STEVE

No way. If she’s Kathy’s friend, thenshe must be just as big a bitch.They travel in packs.

Steve crumples up the flier and tosses it in a trash can.

STEVE (CONT’D)

What you should do is come outwith us tonight and get some lapdances.

DAVE

Okay, okay. Jesus, you’re not goingto leave me alone about it anyway.

STEVE

That’s the spirit . Take your mind ofthe whole thing by letting the littlehead do some thinking.

Another hot co-ed passes Steve and giggles.

STEVE (CONT’D)

(calling after the girl )

It’s not that little. It’s just anexpression. Like ‘let’s do lunch’ or‘call me’.

DAVE

Or ‘Restraining Order’.

INT. STRIP CLUB - NIGHTWe see a crowded Wednesday night at the local strip club. It is dark, crowded and throbbing with cheesy dance music. Three small platforms each have a girl in lingerie gyrating around a pole. In the corner we see the stag party including the groom in a striped prison shirt . There is much hooting and hollering from this group in contrast to the creepy, low energy leering from the rest of the patrons lining the stage edge.

INT. STRIP CLUB – NIGHT.Dave is in a booth with several ladies. Picken has long since passed out. Toynebee is at the next table involved in what appears to be a very intense conversation with some old drunk.Dave notices a cell phone on the table and dials Kathy. He gets her voicemail message.

KATHY (ON PHONE)

Hi , I’m not in right not so leave mea message.

DAVE

Hey Kath, Kat , Kitty Kat, this is BigDaddy. There’s girls here and theirnaked and you know what? I lovethe big boobies, and there’s bigboobies in my face right now.Waddya think of that? Oh and newsflash for you, belly button rings areall the rage. You should get one. I’llask Tiffany here where she got hers?And you know what else? You had itpretty good with me. And I alwaysgot you off even though you said myprick was too small . So here’sMister Tiny prick saying good bye‘cause I have to get back to the bigboobies. Mmm, big boobies.

Dave hangs up and puts the phone back on the table. Steve appears with a tray of shooters.

STEVE

Who you calling?

DAVE

I can’t remember.

The party continues and the lights and colors until it eventually fades to black.